Gearheaded’s crazy EXPERIMENTS log

[GearHeaded]

Gearheaded’s "crazy experiments” log (maybe they won't all be crazy)

So as most of you guys already know, I’m the type of guy that likes to run experiments on myself. Making my living and career out of being a gym owner, personal trainer, and coach, the more practical experience I have, on top of all the educational knowledge I try to obtain, the better it is for me and my clients.

So this Log is going to be a log of my “experiments” that I conduct. From all my drug cycling protocols, diet protocols, to training and recovering theories.
I’ll simply log what I’m doing and the effects that these things are having. Pretty simple. Heck I may even take ‘experiment’ requests from you guys on occasions.

Lets quickly set the context though, of where I’m at and where I’m trying to go.

Many of you know that the last few years for me have been pretty rough in regards to any bodybuilding pursuits. I’ve had a host of injuries, 4 major surgeries, spent a year crippled and bed ridden losing 40 pounds of muscle, car accident, some other health issues, recovering from addiction to pain meds.. etc etc..
But fu_k it. I’m still kicking and can still go after it. I’ve got some physical restrictions, but don’t we all have our issues. So I’m going to grind and do what I can with what I got.

So the main goal of my experiments here is to get myself some more size, and then get pretty jacked and lean.

Stats currently
41 years old
5’9.5” height
207 pounds
fairly small framed, 7” wrists, and wear 29” waisted pants

couple pics of where I’m at





will list what I'm currently running now and my next experiment plans in next post

[Kay kay]

I'm excited for this

[Obs]

Hell yeah, sounds like a kick ass thread.

You are still a big guy after all you lost and went through. Gonna follow this one close

[GearHeaded]

AAS

just did a phase change from 1250mg test, 900mg nandrolone (npp and deca), 50mg Dbol (running that for a few weeks) .. to now
500mg test
400mg Npp
500mg Deca
60mg Dbol day
400mg Mast E
100mg Mast P (eod)

note on the Dbol - I was running 20mg upon waking with my insulin dose then 30mg pre workout. now I'm running 10mg upon waking and 50mg pre-workout .
I'll run this as my oral for about another 10 days . then I'll be switching over to Winstrol . and again I'll be taking a dose of Winstrol first thing in the morning.

whats my reason for insulin and an oral steroid first thing in the morning ? to smash elevated cortisol levels which generally spike over night.

I'll go over how my current stack will be changing as I ease into the next phase of this cycle in the upcoming weeks in another post

[Cowboymike]

Hell yeah, following this one ;0)

[GearHeaded]

My current insulin and GH protocol
10iu Novalin R upon waking - with 30g whey isolate and 30-40 carbs
10iu Novalin R preworkout - with my intra workout shake
15iu Novalin R post workout - 50g whey isolate and 50-70g carbs

Came off of HGH a few weeks ago. Taking MK677 25mg a night at the moment. YES I like to come off HGH on occasions and use either GHRPs or secretagogues to get natty pulses going for a time.



the Insulin and GH protocol I'm switching to within a couple weeks

45iu insulin and 10iu HGH on training days
20iu insulin on days off , no HGH on days off


Lantus insulin - 10iu before bed
Metformin - 500mg per day with last meal of day
MK677 - 25mg before bed

Novalin R insulin - 10iu in morning with meal 1
HGH - 5iu with meal 1
Mk677 - 25mg

HGH - 5iu with pre workout meal
Humalog insulin 10iu pre workout
Humalog insulin 15iu post workout

T4 - 125mcg per day

the HGH is 10iu per day but only on large body part training days.. and obviously no humalog on non training days, but will still be using Novalin and Lantus on days off.
This will be the first time I run HGH only on training days at that high of a dosage. in the past I've always ran lower doses daily

[Narkissos]

I know I'm late to the party but:

My current insulin and GH protocol
10iu Novalin R upon waking - with 30g whey isolate and 30-40 carbs
10iu Novalin R preworkout - with my intra workout shake
15iu Novalin R post workout - 50g whey isolate and 50-70g carbs

Came off of HGH a few weeks ago. Taking MK677 25mg a night at the moment. YES I like to come off HGH on occasions and use either GHRPs or secretagogues to get natty pulses going for a time.

I fucking love this.

Also:

T4 - 125mcg per day

I also love that you use t4. It's brilliant in a hypercaloric environment. Covers all your bases.

I'm planning a similar protocol. Humulin-R + Humulin-N (or lantus), t4, BPC-157 (if I can get ahold of it), metformin, DHEA, pregnenolone at base... other stuff as the year progresses.

Good log.

[GearHeaded]

as for my crazy DIET experiment ...

I'm going Vegan !

Uggghh, hell no, that was a joke. I may try a pound of NY strip steak a day though

[Obs]

as for my crazy DIET experiment ...

I'm going Vegan !

Uggghh, hell no, that was a joke. I may try a pound of NY strip steak a day though

You had me worried

[GearHeaded]

You had me worried

I'm not that crazy . I'm crazy in a kinda good way, but going vegan umm that may actually technically be crazy

[Obs]

I'm not that crazy . I'm crazy in a kinda good way, but going vegan umm that may actually technically be crazy

I cant imagine it.
I would fall apart in a week with my job

[Old Duffer]

Soooo following!

[charger69]

You had me worried

Me to. I am glad that I finished reading.


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[Charlie67]

What's the rationale behind taking both Mast P and Mast E? Or are you planning to drop the P after a few weeks?

As for the veganism, I support whatever you believe is the right thing for you.


Kidding. No I don't. Meat is delicious.

[GearHeaded]

What's the rationale behind taking both Mast P and Mast E? Or are you planning to drop the P after a few weeks?.

well sometimes I do things based on pure practicality rather then 'science' . I've got a bunch of bottles of mast prop, yet just one bottle of mast e sitting there , so I'm just using up that bottle of mast e. once thats gone it will be 100mg of Mast prop every day.

[charger69]

well sometimes I do things based on pure practicality rather then 'science' . I've got a bunch of bottles of mast prop, yet just one bottle of mast e sitting there , so I'm just using up that bottle of mast e. once thats gone it will be 100mg of Mast prop every day.

You let me down! I was expecting this big explanation on 1/2 life, synergy between oils and nutrient partitioning. LOL


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[GearHeaded]

Training --

ok so I just came off a 12 week training block. it was a 12 week macro cycle, with individual micro cycles that alternated from mechanical tension phases, to more volume and metabolite phases. it was push, pull, legs, with an added arm day.
so week one (or micro cycle one) would be more heavier weights and mechanical tension focused for all workouts (8-12 rep range), then week two (or micro cycle two) would be more volume and higher reps with a metabolite and blood flow focus (reps were not counted it was all about 'feel', but probably in the 12-30 rep range depending on exercise.)

anyhow I'm ready for a new 'macro' cycle (training block, workout split, etc). I may change things up completely.

I'm open to suggestions (HIT, high volume, two a days, super high frequency, etc..)

until I get it all planned out I'm just doing push pull legs with a more instinctive style training. with some added touch up work days.

one 'experiment' I'm thinking of trying (and I've already somewhat started) is every day training with no days off. sure you have high intensity days, moderate days, and light touch up work days, but you don't take planned days off. this would only work in a hyper-caloric state and a high drug use state (which I'm doing both).

just an idea . but again I'm open to ideas for a 'training split experiment"

[charger69]

Training --

ok so I just came off a 12 week training block. it was a 12 week macro cycle, with individual micro cycles that alternated from mechanical tension phases, to more volume and metabolite phases. it was push, pull, legs, with an added arm day.
so week one (or micro cycle one) would be more heavier weights and mechanical tension focused for all workouts (8-12 rep range), then week two (or micro cycle two) would be more volume and higher reps with a metabolite and blood flow focus (reps were not counted it was all about 'feel', but probably in the 12-30 rep range depending on exercise.)

anyhow I'm ready for a new 'macro' cycle (training block, workout split, etc). I may change things up completely.

I'm open to suggestions (HIT, high volume, two a days, super high frequency, etc..)

until I get it all planned out I'm just doing push pull legs with a more instinctive style training. with some added touch up work days.

one 'experiment' I'm thinking of trying (and I've already somewhat started) is every day training with no days off. sure you have high intensity days, moderate days, and light touch up work days, but you don't take planned days off. this would only work in a hyper-caloric state and a high drug use state (which I'm doing both).

just an idea . but again I'm open to ideas for a 'training split experiment"

What about working out 3x day for a max of 30-40 minutes each. A different muscle group each session. Go in and kill the muscle. Limit the rest time. I was in my 20’s and this routine is what started me growing. I would do it if I had time, just to see.


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[GearHeaded]

one 'experiment' I'm thinking of trying (and I've already somewhat started) is every day training with no days off. sure you have high intensity days, moderate days, and light touch up work days, but you don't take planned days off. this would only work in a hyper-caloric state and a high drug use state (which I'm doing both).

just an idea . but again I'm open to ideas for a 'training split experiment"

don't think its going to be long for this little experiment to be considered a failure . I'm on my 10th day in a row of working out with no breaks .. I crashed pretty damn hard in the middle of my workout today. totally drained and unable to finish.
(I know I know, most you guys would of told me that was going to happen)

[kelkel]

Stats currently
41 years old
5’9.5” height
207 pounds
fairly small framed, 7” wrists, and wear 29” waisted pants

That half inch is important dammit!

[HoldMyBeer]

That half inch is important dammit!

It is! I feel like I'm lying if I round up, and feel short if I round down. So I would do the same thing!

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[GearHeaded]

That half inch is important dammit!

well it kinda is to a point. I plan on doing a classic physique show next summer. I'm in Division B , with max weight of 197 pounds having to be BETWEEN 5'9 and 5'10" . IF I came in at just above 5'10 or just under 5'9 that would change my weigh in requirements.
5'9.5" tall puts me exactly where I need to be for that 197 pound cut off

edit- that kinda sounds like I precisely planned to be 5'9.5" tall eh

[charger69]

well it kinda is to a point. I plan on doing a classic physique show next summer. I'm in Division B , with max weight of 197 pounds having to be BETWEEN 5'9 and 5'10" . IF I came in at just above 5'10 or just under 5'9 that would change my weigh in requirements.
5'9.5" tall puts me exactly where I need to be for that 197 pound cut off

edit- that kinda sounds like I precisely planned to be 5'9.5" tall eh

I was going to comment the same thing as your edit. LOL


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[guitarzan]

Do you take requests...lol

[BG]

Sorry if I missed, what brand GH?

[GearHeaded]

Sorry if I missed, what brand GH?

I had been using Eurotropin for quite awhile. Have some Somtatropin to finish up. but then I'm open to trying something new.

[GearHeaded]

Training

think I'll take about a week or so de-load with a traditional 'bro split' for that time. chest day, back day, arm day, shoulder day, leg day (this will help me rest up only hitting each body part once per week)

then I'll turn that into a high frequency bro split with two a days (that way each body part is hit twice per week rather then just once).

day 1
AM workout - chest (press/compound focus)
PM workout - back (lat focus)
day. 2
AM workout - arms
PM workout - shoulders (compound focus)
day 3
one workout only - legs (quad focus)
day 4 off
day 5
AM workout - chest (isolation focus)
PM workout - back (mid back focus)
day 6
AM workout - arms
PM workout - shoulders (isolation focus)
day 7
one workout only - legs (hamstring focus)
off
repeat

pretty simple split - but maybe thats what I need right now, just some basic meat and potatoes stuff

[GearHeaded]

note : I generally don't program traditional 'bro splits' (one body part per week) for myself or most clients. but for a de-load phase or short term maintenance phase I think they are ideal.

of course I'm not trying to maintain right now. so this would only last about a week or two. then its back to high frequency

[Family_guy]

note : I generally don't program traditional 'bro splits' (one body part per week) for myself or most clients. but for a de-load phase or short term maintenance phase I think they are ideal.

Cur

of course I'm not trying to maintain right now. so this would only last about a week or two. then its back to high frequency

Curious as to why you don’t recommend “bro splits”. You seem to be one of the more knowledgeable members here so if you don’t mind I would love to hear your thinking on that

[GearHeaded]

Curious as to why you don’t recommend “bro splits”. You seem to be one of the more knowledgeable members here so if you don’t mind I would love to hear your thinking on that

its nearly impossible for the average person/lifter to generate enough volume and homeostatic stress in a single workout for a single body part to justify that one body part needing a whole week to recover.
sure theres a time and a place for traditional bro splits. like me being on one now. or again for guys that are super strong.

heres what I say in another post to clarify
you'd likely be better off doing body parts 2x per week rather then 1x per week anyways

'bro splits' where you only hit one body part per week are generally best suited for beasts that are super strong and big to begin with.
they create enough homeostatic stress and volume in one workout to require a whole week of rest for that body part. . your average 200 pound guy benching 275 does not.

think about it. a 250 pound beast trains chest. lets say he does bench press for 405 for 5 sets of 12, then on to incline dumbbell press hitting the 150s for 5 sets of 15.
well volume = sets X reps X weight moved. so go ahead and tally up how much volume this guy has already pushed and he's only two exercises in.
[his total volume is going to be 3 times that of your average gym rat . just because the weight he is pushing for reps alone]

again this guy is creating a ton of homeostatic stress in a single workout. he's going to need a whole week for his chest to recover. . but you and me are not near this strong. we can't push that weight and volume. our chest will be ready to go in just a few days.

thats why higher frequency works better for the majority of people. we are not near strong enough to accumulate enough volume in one workout to require a whole week for that body part to recover. we'll do better hitting it again in a few days

[Family_guy]

its nearly impossible for the average person/lifter to generate enough volume and homeostatic stress in a single workout for a single body part to justify that one body part needing a whole week to recover.
sure theres a time and a place for traditional bro splits. like me being on one now. or again for guys that are super strong.

heres what I say in another post to clarify
you'd likely be better off doing body parts 2x per week rather then 1x per week anyways

'bro splits' where you only hit one body part per week are generally best suited for beasts that are super strong and big to begin with.
they create enough homeostatic stress and volume in one workout to require a whole week of rest for that body part. . your average 200 pound guy benching 275 does not.

think about it. a 250 pound beast trains chest. lets say he does bench press for 405 for 5 sets of 12, then on to incline dumbbell press hitting the 150s for 5 sets of 15.
well volume = sets X reps X weight moved. so go ahead and tally up how much volume this guy has already pushed and he's only two exercises in.
[his total volume is going to be 3 times that of your average gym rat . just because the weight he is pushing for reps alone]

again this guy is creating a ton of homeostatic stress in a single workout. he's going to need a whole week for his chest to recover. . but you and me are not near this strong. we can't push that weight and volume. our chest will be ready to go in just a few days.

thats why higher frequency works better for the majority of people. we are not near strong enough to accumulate enough volume in one workout to require a whole week for that body part to recover. we'll do better hitting it again in a few days

Good point! I actually remember reading another of your posts about training and about your logic on that specifically. Thanks

[Charlie67]

its nearly impossible for the average person/lifter to generate enough volume and homeostatic stress in a single workout for a single body part to justify that one body part needing a whole week to recover.
sure theres a time and a place for traditional bro splits. like me being on one now. or again for guys that are super strong.

heres what I say in another post to clarify
you'd likely be better off doing body parts 2x per week rather then 1x per week anyways

'bro splits' where you only hit one body part per week are generally best suited for beasts that are super strong and big to begin with.
they create enough homeostatic stress and volume in one workout to require a whole week of rest for that body part. . your average 200 pound guy benching 275 does not.

think about it. a 250 pound beast trains chest. lets say he does bench press for 405 for 5 sets of 12, then on to incline dumbbell press hitting the 150s for 5 sets of 15.
well volume = sets X reps X weight moved. so go ahead and tally up how much volume this guy has already pushed and he's only two exercises in.
[his total volume is going to be 3 times that of your average gym rat . just because the weight he is pushing for reps alone]

again this guy is creating a ton of homeostatic stress in a single workout. he's going to need a whole week for his chest to recover. . but you and me are not near this strong. we can't push that weight and volume. our chest will be ready to go in just a few days.

thats why higher frequency works better for the majority of people. we are not near strong enough to accumulate enough volume in one workout to require a whole week for that body part to recover. we'll do better hitting it again in a few days

An additional thought to consider... From an older guy.... Keep an eye on what you're really working. Most compound exercises work secondary muscles as well. For example, if I tried to do back twice a week, and chest twice, and then arms twice a week... I'd be working my biceps and triceps (directly and indirectly) 4 times a week. My old-ass tendons would be toast.

Weather you're doing the bro-split, or twice/weekly, or whatever else, effective programming is essential.

[Obs]

An additional thought to consider... From an older guy.... Keep an eye on what you're really working. Most compound exercises work secondary muscles as well. For example, if I tried to do back twice a week, and chest twice, and then arms twice a week... I'd be working my biceps and triceps (directly and indirectly) 4 times a week. My old-ass tendons would be toast.

Weather you're doing the bro-split, or twice/weekly, or whatever else, effective programming is essential.

Lots do chest and tri back and bi.

I personally cant bear to not do tri and bi together.

[Charlie67]

“I bought a self learning record to learn Spanish. I turned it on and went to sleep; the record got stuck. The next day I could only stutter in Spanish.”
— Steven Wright

[GearHeaded]

EXPERIMENT idea--

so most of you guys know I prefer to run 'phase' cycles and practice compound rotation. Phase 1 of my current cycle was my estrogenic/androgenic phase where I was running 1250mg test and some Dbol etc. with no AI. I'm into phase 2 right now which is the Anabolic phase (androgens get lowered and my high dosages are mainly anabolic based compounds like Nandrolone). Phase 3 is going to be my anti-estrogenic 'dry' phase where test drops way off, and dry compounds become the basis of the cycle (masteron, winstrol, primobolan). IF during this phase I want a bit more androgens, then I'll simply throw in some Tren to accomplish this, rather then test (again its a dry phase)

ok , now for the experiment idea.

instead of adding tren to stage 3 in the normal way I'd of done it. which would simply be to add in 50-75mg a day to the cycle with the Ace ester. I'll use a long ester 'blast' for a short duration. something like 1250mg of Tren E per week but for only 3 weeks (thats simply 2 bottles of tren e).
now why would I blast a long ester at such a high dosage and short length of time?

I explain some of that in this post here--
https://forums.steroid.com/anabolic-...ome-input.html

post 8 and post 12


if you read that other post and understand where I'm coming from . what do you think about utilizing that same concept but with Tren at the tail end of this cycle ?

[GearHeaded]

for those that didn't have the time to read the other thread where I explain the concept of why you would run a long ester drug at a very high dosage but for a short amount of time-- heres a quick conclusion.

example EQ-
say you were going to run 10,000mg of EQ . well instead of running 10,000mg over 20 weeks, which is 500mg per week. you could run 1500mg of EQ per week but for only 7 weeks.
now why would you want to do this?
Well , so you could utilize that 10,000mg total of EQ in a short time and hurry up and get to your next compound of say Deca at 1000mg for 10 weeks . now you've done both EQ and Deca at high dosages, in a shorter amount of time then you would have by only doing low dose of EQ over a long 20 week cycle.
you get a lot more done basically . cause YES your body will utilize these long esters, every single mg you inject. wither its 10,000mg over 20 weeks or 10,000mg over 7 weeks. I'd rather get it done in the 7 weeks so I can keep growing and move on to the next compound.
this is part of the idea of 'compound rotation' in phase cycling .

note -- of course this can be taken to the extreme and guys say 'well why not just inject all 10,000mg in one day' .. um come on , I'm sill being reasonable here

[charger69]

for those that didn't have the time to read the other thread where I explain the concept of why you would run a long ester drug at a very high dosage but for a short amount of time-- heres a quick conclusion.

example EQ-
say you were going to run 10,000mg of EQ . well instead of running 10,000mg over 20 weeks, which is 500mg per week. you could run 1500mg of EQ per week but for only 7 weeks.
now why would you want to do this?
Well , so you could utilize that 10,000mg total of EQ in a short time and hurry up and get to your next compound of say Deca at 1000mg for 10 weeks . now you've done both EQ and Deca at high dosages, in a shorter amount of time then you would have by only doing low dose of EQ over a long 20 week cycle.
you get a lot more done basically . cause YES your body will utilize these long esters, every single mg you inject. wither its 10,000mg over 20 weeks or 10,000mg over 7 weeks. I'd rather get it done in the 7 weeks so I can keep growing and move on to the next compound.
this is part of the idea of 'compound rotation' in phase cycling .

note -- of course this can be taken to the extreme and guys say 'well why not just inject all 10,000mg in one day' .. um come on , I'm sill being reasonable here

Yeah, but Obs isn’t reasonable- don’t give him crazy ideas!!!


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[Obs]

Yeah, but Obs isn’t reasonable- don’t give him crazy ideas!!!


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It doesnt do any added good to exceed dosages in huge amounts.
Shooting a gram or two of sust in one sitting will ballon you up and make you nice and full but if you hold the dosage and do that constantly it wont put on anything extra over a gram a week.

Juice is only one part of the equation. Your muscles can only grow so fast.

[charger69]

It doesnt do any added good to exceed dosages in huge amounts.
Shooting a gram or two of sust in one sitting will ballon you up and make you nice and full but if you hold the dosage and do that constantly it wont put on anything extra over a gram a week.

Juice is only one part of the equation. Your muscles can only grow so fast.

Damn, Obs is reasonable at times. Must be he ran out of tren. LOL


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[Obs]

Damn, Obs is reasonable at times. Must be he ran out of tren. LOL


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No, I have just done it.

Actually the only thing I have never mass dosed is deca... Highest I went with nandrolone was 750mg wk and that was npp.

Everything else I have shot high at some point